openentrance – What’s Really Going OnWhat’s Really Going On

R&B singer Alicia Keys, currently 27 years old,  has decided she wants to retire by the age of 30 so she can spend the rest of her life traveling the world.  Keys, who was honored early this year at the 1st Annual BET Honors Awards, often finds herself exasperated by the pressures of fame and in 2006 she took a break from music and travelled to Egypt to recuperate.

Now she insists that she hopes to be able to bow out of the entertainment industry in the next few years, so she can start enjoying her time.  She says, “I am working hard now so I have the choice to retire when I want. I would like to travel the world and stay in places instead of having to move on like I do now. I want to experience difference cultures.”

As a fan I would definitely be a  disappointed, but I think its a great idea.  Why not get out when you are on top of your game and you have the resources and energy to still do the things you want to do.  Its easy to forget, as a fan, the day to day grind entertainers go through with promotions, appearances and tours.  But from the albums she’s already released it wouldn’t be too hard to put together a quality ‘Best of’ CD.  By the time she’s 30 I think that will easily be a double disc.